As many may remember, the Trump administration had proposed to almost completely eliminate the $300 million dollar funding of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative for 2018.The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative program was launched in 2010 to accelerate efforts to protect and restore the largest s…

About two weeks ago a live 8 pound, 28 inch long silver carp was caught beyond the Lake Michigan barriers off the coast of Chicago according to a Detroit Free Press article.That silver carp capture was only the second time since 2010 that an Asian carp was caught beyond the electronic barriersSilver…